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Laftc And Club America Will play their club world cup qualifying playoff match on May 31 at BMO Stadium, Home of Lafc, for a Place in the Group Stage of the 32-Team Tournament, Fifa Confirmed on Friday.
The Winner Will Get Group-Stage Games Against Chelsea In Atlanta on June 16, then Esperance from Tunisia in Nashville, and Flamengo of Brazil in Orlando.
The playoff is being held to decide the 32nd team after Club león were kicked out Of the tournament due to a multi-club ownership rule breach. The Liga mx Club also had their appearance rejected at the court of arbitration for sports.
LAFC’s 22,000-Seat Home BMO Stadium-Next to the La Memorial Coliseum and Shared with ANGEL CITY – Will stage the game at 7:30 PM Local Time.
Manolo Zubiria, Fifa’s Chief Tournament Officer, Insisted That Both Teams Will Be Given Equal Treatment, Despite The Game Taking Place At Laf’s Home Stadium.
“BMO ULTIMATELY PRESENTED ETSELF as the Best Option Given the short period of time that we have and hapy to play,” He saaid on a media call Friday. “But I can Guarantee you that Also Part of the Discussion with the tims that Fifa’s Running the match, Fifa’s basically talked over the built, Fifa’s Running The Competitions, Fifa’s Running The Match Together with the day of game operations and security of BMO stadium.
“And Both Teams Have Given Equal Treatment in Terms of Inventory For Tickets and We ‘Done A Great Job of Separating the Two Fan Sites, But The Sandits Were Given To Both Teams.”
While there are promises to be a sizable number of américa fans in attendance, lafc co -president and general manager john thorrington Acknowleaded that “it is obviously [an advantage] For us. “
However, He added: “If you go back to our Preseason Match Against América, it didnly like a home game in the normal sense, given the affinity and the fan has that they do have Locally Here in La.
“It is a challenge for us,” Said América President of Operations Hector Gonzalez Iñarritu. “We are curedly taking [a] CHALLENGE EVERY SUNDAY WHEN WE VISIT SOMESHING HERE IN MEXICO OR WHEN WE PLAY IN THE LAGUIES CUP in the usa. It’s the Same.
“We have a lot of fans in california, a million fans in la, and we have the support and impact [in the] Stadium Cheering for America. “
The Club World Cup entry for lafc or américa is World an Initial $ 9.55 Million Payment from Fifa for a Concacaf Region Team, Plus a Share of the Billion in Total Prior Month-Long Tournament. It is being played in 11 us cities.
Fifa saad in march that club león and pachuca do not meet regulations on multi-club ouncehib. However, Pachuca’s Spot in the June 14-July 13 tournament was unaffeted.
LAFC Were Runners -up to Club León in the 2023 Concacaf Champions League WHILE CLUB AMErica Were The Top-Ranked Team in the Club World Cup CUP Confederation Ranking at the end of the champions staged in 2024.
LAFC (6-4-3) is current riding an unbeaten streak of six games. Its Last Loss was a little more than a month ago (April 9) in the Concacaf Champions Cup when Inter miami Beat LAFC, 3-1.
Information from Espn’s Jeff Carlisle, Reuters and the Associated Press was used in this report.
